Launch vehicle · Roscosmos
N1
RocketsSuper heavy-lift
Imagery
1000770
P9038-SRTMV-N1 24" HOT FIRING VIEW FROM CAMERA 2
2010
NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
The Soviet super heavy-lift Moon rocket; all four launch attempts (1969–1972) failed and the program was cancelled. The flown vehicle used Kuznetsov NK-15 engines; the improved NK-33 (for the never-flown N1F) flew decades later on other rockets.
Components & hardware
Engines
Knowledge connections
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- Gunter's Space PageGunter Krebs — Gunter's Space Page
A specialist reference compilation of launch vehicles, stages, and spacecraft across all spacefaring nations.